MIDAS 3
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About This Satellite
MIDAS 3 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 163 with international designator 61018A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by LMSC, on the Midas platform, with a launch mass of about 840 kg, with a shape described as Cone. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its MEO orbit had an apogee of about 3.552 km and a perigee near 3.350 km, with an inclination of 91.12° and a period of roughly 161.5 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 6.31 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, MIDAS 3's apogee was 3.552 km, where its speed was about 6.31 km/s, completing about 8.9 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.